Modern-Day Werewolf Horror ‘Blackout’ Bares Its Teeth In 2024

Director Larry Fessenden’s (Stake Land) acclaimed modern-day werewolf horror-thriller Blackout will soon have you howling at the moon. The news came today via The Hollywood Reporter that Dark Sky Films have acquired the film.

In the film, Painter Charley (Alex Hurt, Minyan, TV’s New Amsterdam) wakes up in an upstate motel where he appears to have been living for some time. After he packs and leaves, he encounters various people in the small town where everybody knows your name. Charley is saying goodbye to the long-suffering love of his life, Sharon (Addison Timlin, Submission, TV’s American Horror Stories), and settling his affairs with a strange urgency that culminates with a call to a friend, Earl (Motell Gyn Foster, Marriage Story, A Dog’s Way Home), saying: “You better be ready, I’m coming.” But Charley never makes it to his friend’s house: When the sun goes down, he has convulsions while driving his car, goes off the road, and ends up in a ditch. Charley, it seems, is a werewolf. He attacks his rescuers and moves through the outskirts of town at night, wreaking havoc. But the next day, he can’t remember what he’s done. Now, the tight-knit town must rally to discover what is tearing it apart: mistrust, fear, or a vicious monster.

The film marks the reunion of Dark Sky Films and Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix. These two iconic horror companies brought us contemporary classics such as Ti West’s The House of The Devil and The Innkeepers, Stake Land, and Late Phases.

Blackout is set to premiere in early 2024. As soon as the date is announced, we’ll let you know.